Halter-fastener



(No Model.)

M. C. HAYES.

HALTER FASTENER.

Patented Apr. 22, 1884.

INVEN-m Fing- 5 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL C. HAYES, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

HALTE R-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patet No. 297,259, dated April 22, 1884.

Application tiled January 7, 1884. (No model.)

iro all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL C. HAYES, of

Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Halter-Fasteners, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to that class of halters in which the straps composing it are united by metallic connections, the object being to simplify and improve the method of connecting the several straps. I attain this object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a plan showing vthe metal piece with the several straps attached. Fig. 2 is a section taken on line y y ot` Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a plan showing the metallic connecting-piece alone.

The complete metallic connecting-piece is shown in Fig. 3, and has three bars-viz., A/ AZ A-for determining the draft-line ofthe straps of the halter. This piece has also two bars, E and H, Fig. 3, to which the ends of the straps B and B, Fig. l, are riveted. The other members-viz., E, K, and L-ot` my nietallic connecting-piece serve as retaining-bars.

The method of attaching the straps B and B is shown in detail in Fig. 2, as the end is doubled and riveted to the part E by the rivet M; then the strap B is passed upward through the opening P, over the piece E, and downward between the bar E and A3, as shown. The strap B- is fastened in precisely the same manner. The third strap, B2, is looped and buckled on in the usual manner.

I claim- In a halter, a metallic fastener cast in one piece, consisting of the line-bars A A2 A3, the fastening-bars E andv H, and the retaininggether substantially as described, and for the bars K, L, and E', all arranged to operate to- 4o 

